» Smoke Detector Checkups

When fall rolls around and you are setting your clocks back, and in springtime when the clocks go ahead, is one way to remember to do a few other small maintenance chores as well
That’s the time to make sure that all the other aspects of your home that need to be running like clockwork are fully

Check your CO detector and smoke alarms and add fresh batteries even if they don’t seem dead or low.

If you have no smoke or co detectors at that time, add them.

Check your CO detectors according to manufacturers directions. Make sure they are correctly installed in the right place. Usually that will be just outside of sleeping areas, about two feet from the wall, on the ceiling, or about two feet from the ceiling, on the wall.